Airport Name and ICAO/IATA Code
Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport (ICAO: UZTT / IATA: TAS)
Location (City, Country)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Airport Type & Size
Major international airport, the largest airport in Uzbekistan with a design capacity of 21 million passengers per year (extrapolated from 2,400/hr). It has two runways, 08L/26R (4000m) and 08R/26L (3905m) with slightly different lengths. It is one of the largest and most modern airports in Central Asia, with three terminals for passengers and one for cargo. Two passenger terminals are together on the north side, and a third is on the south side. The airport is currently undergoing large scale renovation, with plans to merge its arrivals and departure terminals by 2026. It can support the An-124, 747, and A380.
Why should this airport be added to World of Airports?
It is the hub of Uzbekistan Airways, among others, which would provide lots of international connection. It is located in a very strategic Central Asian location, and one of the largest airports in Central Asia. It would be a very good airport for stopovers between Europe and Asia, and would also be a decent airport to base Eastern aircraft, if those are added.
Major Airlines & Routes
Hub for: Uzbekistan Airways, Centrum Air, Panorama Airways, Qanot Sharq, Silk Avia, and My Freighter Airlines
Focus for: Air Samarkland, Turkish AirlinesUzbekistan Airways - Almaty, Andizhan, Ankara, Antalya, Astana, Baku, Bangkok, Beijing-Capital, Bukhara, Bishkek, Delhi, Dubai-International, Frankfurt, Hangzhou, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jeddah, Kuala Lumpur, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Medina, Milan-Malpensa, Mumbai, Munich, New York-JFK, Paris-CDG, Riga, Rome-Fiumicino, Sanya, Seoul-Incheon, Tbilisi, Tokyo-Narita, Urumqi, Pho Quoc, Sharm El Sheikh
Centrum Air - Almaty, Baku, Bangkok, Bishkek, Bukhara, Delhi, Dubai-International, Guangzhou, Istanbul, Jeddah, Male-Velana, Nha Trang, Salalah, Seoul-Incheon, Tbilisi, Issyk-Kul
Qanot Sharq - Beijing-Daxing, Budapest, Busan, Da Nang, Istanbul, Guangzhou, Jeddah, Kuala Lumpur, Milan-Malpensa, Sanya, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Prague, Sharm El Sheikh, Denpasar
Silk Avia - Regional and domestic
Air China - Beijing-Capital, Urumqi
Azerbaijan Airlines - Baku
Air Samarkand - Abu Dhabi, Tbilisi, Pho Quoc
China Eastern - Shanghai-Pudong, Xi’an
China Southern - Beijing-Daxing, Guangzhou, Urumqi
Ethiad - Abu Dhabi
Somon Air - Dushanbe
Turkish - Istanbul
My Freighter - Almaty, Amsterdam, Astana, Beirut, Birmingham, Bishkek, Dhaka, Dubai-World, Dubai-International, Dushanbe, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jeddah, Liege, Madrid, Macau, Ostrava, Riyadh, Shanghai-Pudong, Tbilisi, Ulaanbaatar, Urumqi, Vienna
Uzbekistan Cargo - Birmingham, Budapest, Liege, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Urumqi
DHL - Leipzig, Singapore
AeroLogic - Frankfurt, Hong Kong
Silk Way - Baku, Delhi, Hong Kong
Unique Features or Challenges
Two runways, providing high throughput but requiring runway crossings.Generally simple terminal layout, which would be easy to use.
Dry climate, with minimal rain, reducing the need for delays; most “rain” is during the winter, as snow.
Optional: Links, images, maps, or videos
Wikipedia - Tashkent International AirportNewest terminal and ATC tower.
Old terminal during winter.
View of the ramp, ATC tower, and terminals. Left is the older terminal, right is the newer one.
Old cargo terminal(?), a new one has been constructed over the past year.
Uzbekistan Cargo 767 at the new cargo terminal, opened this year (2025).
Maximus Air Cargo’s An-124 at Tashkent.
Lufthansa 747-8 at Tashkent after an emergency landing, 2023.
